Chicago Fire center-back Joao Meira will not return to the MLS club next season, he announced on Saturday.

The Portuguese defender started 27 games for Chicago this season, partnering with Johan Kappelhof to help spark a remarkable turnaround from a year earlier, but he has played his last game for the Fire.

"I'd like to announce that I will not be a member of the Chicago Fire for the 2018 season," he wrote on Twitter. "Thanks for these two years of my career and best of luck to all my teammates...

Chris Rolfe, who spent the majority of his professional career in MLS, has announced his retirement.

Former U.S. internationals and Chicago Fire teammates Chris Rolfe and Justin Mapp both took to social media to express gratitude to fans, teammates and family in announcing their respective retirements on Thursday.

Neither Rolfe, 34, nor Mapp, 33, played in 2017, with the former having been sidelined since April of 2016 after sustaining a concussion while playing for D.C. United and the latter sidelined by injuries after making just six appearances for Sporting Kansas City in 2016.